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Our Comments in the OMB Rulemaking
Last month, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a notice seeking comment on a proposed new rule. The rule would make highly consequential changes to the Uniform Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. At last count, OMB had received nearly than 350,000 comments, and more than 50,000 were available to read. Today we filed ours.
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